check_by_ssh problem

[beick at zib.de]

> * beick at zib.de [2008-01-02 21:56]:
>> > On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:34 AM, beick at zib.de wrote:
>> >> I want to do some checks on a remote host using check_by_ssh.
>> Although
>> >> user nagios can ssh to that host without being asked for a password
>> >> the webinterface of my nagios is telling me:
>> >>
>> >> Unknown
>> >> Remote command execution failed: Permission denied
>> >> (publickey,keyboard-interactive)
>> >>
>> >> If I run nagios in the foreground I get prompts for password.
>> >>
>> >> Any idea what I might have missed?
>> >
>> > Are you using the exact same hostname/IP address for your command line
>> > test as the nagios user that you have in your configuration?
>>
>> Yes, I think so.
>
> "I think so" doesn't sound very convincing :-)
>
> Anyway, there's no ssh-agent(1) involved?  Does it work on the command
> line if you use "env -i /path/to/check_by_ssh [...]"?
>
> Holger
>
Yes it does work.
Does it matter if I do not login as nagios to the webinterface?

Matthias

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